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if you think about it i would argue that the inability of the government to fix this borrowing debt deficit issue in the book, vice president biden's chief of staff, talking about the economic crisis in 2011, that's exactly what is going on. there is so much evidence that it is the biggest future. we are on the path becoming europe and greece. you just can't keep borrowing money. there is a stunning and fiction in this country, and we need some sort of we need some serious intervention. in the book, what i attempt to do is take people to the presidents and leaders and tell you exactly because of the luxury of time and my publisher, simon & schuster, i declined to get the meeting notes to get the exact detail to interview president obama and speaker boehner and the key players in this. i just want to take one quick snapshot from what happened that we didn't know about, which is critical. when the cops pull up less when the president was upset, he called the congressional leaders on a saturday morning at 11:00 o'clock a.m. the democratic and republican leaders were trying to work out their ow
if you think about it i would argue that the inability of the government to fix this borrowing debt deficit issue in the book, vice president biden's chief of staff, talking about the economic crisis in 2011, that's exactly what is going on. there is so much evidence that it is the biggest future. we are on the path becoming europe and greece. you just can't keep borrowing money. there is a stunning and fiction in this country, and we need some sort of we need some serious intervention. in the...
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he promised to cut the deficit at the end of his first term. he's blown a hole in the deficit large enough to drive a mack truck through. >> sean: i want to go to ralph's point here. this president said the republicans want dirty air and water, that mitt romney is pretty much a murderer, they want kids with autism, down syndromes and the elderly to fend for themselves. this president has never been asked why he said those things and why he believes them. >> it's simple. there's 23 million giving up looking for work. you engage in personal attacks on your opponent. it's not going to work. i'll tell you why, it's not going to work because the failed economic record of this president, and it's not going to work because he's out of step with the values of mainstream perq. it doesn't how much they try to smear romney's faith, those personal attacks -- >> sean: he agree. >> when senator reid said this, and i don't think it was fortunate to say this, but when he said this about mitt romney's faith, we come after him, how come it was okay to for john b
he promised to cut the deficit at the end of his first term. he's blown a hole in the deficit large enough to drive a mack truck through. >> sean: i want to go to ralph's point here. this president said the republicans want dirty air and water, that mitt romney is pretty much a murderer, they want kids with autism, down syndromes and the elderly to fend for themselves. this president has never been asked why he said those things and why he believes them. >> it's simple. there's 23...
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that's what's added $4 trillion to our deficit. i mean, think about that. so we've created a mountain of debt for the next generation that they're going to have to pay off. >> sean: remember, under obama's watch household income has plummeted more than 8%, and he's added more debt than almost all of his predecessors combined. the president doesn't want to talk about his record because it's a record of failure. he's been disengaged from the moment he took office. not only is he not willing to meet with world leaders bike prime minister benjamin netanyahu, not willing to reach across the isle about serious matters. massive cuts and our defense are looming. the massive tax hike in history is imminent. mr. president, the solutions to those problems won't be reached by sitting on the couch of the "the view," nor found in jay-z's nightclub, nor in george clooney house. the author of a brand-new "new york times" bestseller is here. bob woodward. you said this is a moment of maximum peril. you described a president not engaged in terms of relationships to fix the p
that's what's added $4 trillion to our deficit. i mean, think about that. so we've created a mountain of debt for the next generation that they're going to have to pay off. >> sean: remember, under obama's watch household income has plummeted more than 8%, and he's added more debt than almost all of his predecessors combined. the president doesn't want to talk about his record because it's a record of failure. he's been disengaged from the moment he took office. not only is he not willing...
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we are going to explore the progress over the 112th congress and identify deficits. we are going to do my portion very quickly because what is interesting -- let me start by introducing them. on my right is hugh halpern leaders the staff director of the house of representatives committee on rules. on the committee he search as the chief adviser on committee and leadership patterns. immediately to my left is jim harper, director of information policy studies at the cato institute and founder of washington watchdog which keeps a close eye on legislation in federal funding. jim is the washington watchdog -- watch.com several times in the course of this presentation. last but not least is john wonderlich who is the policy director at the sunlight foundation and all-around transparency gadfly. that is his official title. more information about today's panelist on your chairs and transparencycaucus.org. i would like to thank the cochairs of the congressional transparency caucus for getting us this space and opportunity to have a conversation with you today. i promised i wo
we are going to explore the progress over the 112th congress and identify deficits. we are going to do my portion very quickly because what is interesting -- let me start by introducing them. on my right is hugh halpern leaders the staff director of the house of representatives committee on rules. on the committee he search as the chief adviser on committee and leadership patterns. immediately to my left is jim harper, director of information policy studies at the cato institute and founder of...
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keep printing money and expecting the world to take it or buy treasury notes to fund trillion dollar deficits forever. the economy is slow and going into another dip. i actually think the next president will have a moment between november 7, and i do not know, this summer or fall of 2013 to do a lot. i would bet there is a huge legislative agenda in 2013. i did not really by the gridlock argument. if obama gets reelected, evil have a mandate basically -- he will have a mandate basically the lesser version of bowel- simpson. if romney wins, he will have a mandate for some version of the right and budget, probably tempered a little bit to get democratic votes. if he becomes president, he what the mandate for something close to that. either way, we will probably get a pretty big deal. i think 2013 becomes a big entitlement reform, tax reform, budget reform moment. there will be an amazing pivot on november 7. suddenly the campaign will be over. guess what, we are going to have entitlement reform. all of the things is that about mitt romney will destroy america, suddenly we will do something that
keep printing money and expecting the world to take it or buy treasury notes to fund trillion dollar deficits forever. the economy is slow and going into another dip. i actually think the next president will have a moment between november 7, and i do not know, this summer or fall of 2013 to do a lot. i would bet there is a huge legislative agenda in 2013. i did not really by the gridlock argument. if obama gets reelected, evil have a mandate basically -- he will have a mandate basically the...
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over the last four years the deficit has gone up. but 90% of that is consequence of two wars that weren't paid for. prescription drug plan that wasn't paid for. worst economic disaster since depression. >> dana: he got four pinocchios. >> greg: nobody is buying this. this is presidential equivalent of the dog ate my homework or the president ate my dog who ate my homework. let it go. it's over. both parties are to blame about spending. but he tied a rocket to it. you know? that is a fat guy tweaking. >> do we even know what kind of dog? >> dana: i don't really -- >> eric: talk walking down the street -- >> greg: who speaks for eaten dog. >> bob: good example of -- do go ahead. >> eric: to give you an example. okay. so -- [over talking ] under president obama whic thiss what we have gotten. $100, economic activity. it cost us $3 trillion. $300 in debt. but to get $300 in debt, you have to spend $700. you have to spend $700 to get the $100 economic activity under president obama. >> kimberly: don't give that to bob. >> eric: give me a
over the last four years the deficit has gone up. but 90% of that is consequence of two wars that weren't paid for. prescription drug plan that wasn't paid for. worst economic disaster since depression. >> dana: he got four pinocchios. >> greg: nobody is buying this. this is presidential equivalent of the dog ate my homework or the president ate my dog who ate my homework. let it go. it's over. both parties are to blame about spending. but he tied a rocket to it. you know? that is a...
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if you're a republican and deficits with minorities and women, you need those white seniors to show up in large numbers for you. maybe they won't really understand that they fit into this category. there is a fair number of people who think this other people who are drawing on government subsidy in one way or another. but that vision part of this debate is going to be interesting because mitt romney has set himself up for some pretty difficult territory. are people on social security the kinds of voters that you are talking about, mr. romney, in this debate tonight, when you say government is paying too big a role in people's lives. that's a tricky one for him to walk out of. >> are the elderly moochers? he's going to have to answer that question. >> service members on disability? i mean same thing. >> coming on the heels of the romney campaign trying to use joe biden's biden-esque turn of phrase the middle class has been buried and you know, biden has walked that back, you know, is it an indictment of the president? look if you're going to fight for the ground on the middle class i do
if you're a republican and deficits with minorities and women, you need those white seniors to show up in large numbers for you. maybe they won't really understand that they fit into this category. there is a fair number of people who think this other people who are drawing on government subsidy in one way or another. but that vision part of this debate is going to be interesting because mitt romney has set himself up for some pretty difficult territory. are people on social security the kinds...
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possible to come up with enough deductions only affect high income individuals to avoid either raising deficit or burdening the middle class. does anyone out there think that the big problem we had is that there is too much oversight and regulation of wall street? because if you do, then... governor romney is your candidate. >> don't forget, you put $90 billion, like 50 years worth of breaks into solar and wind. to sole lynn dra and fiskar and tesla. i had a friend that said you don't just pick binners and losers, pick the losers. and carl rove joins us. let's go to the issue of undecided. jump in there. those at least watching. >> well, we're likely to see a bump out of this. not much of a bump but a little bit of a bump. first debate is most important of the debates and this typically the winner that gets a point two points out of the debate. there is a close race like this, that matters but to step back just a moment. what matters is that there is to a lesser extent there is the vice presidential debate. soits not over tonight but there is a strong start for mitt romney. and this is an asto
possible to come up with enough deductions only affect high income individuals to avoid either raising deficit or burdening the middle class. does anyone out there think that the big problem we had is that there is too much oversight and regulation of wall street? because if you do, then... governor romney is your candidate. >> don't forget, you put $90 billion, like 50 years worth of breaks into solar and wind. to sole lynn dra and fiskar and tesla. i had a friend that said you don't...
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we have to close our deficit. we will discuss how we deal with our tax code and how we make sure we are reducing spending in a response away and have enough revenue to make those investments. governor romney's central economic plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut on top of the extension of the bush tax cut. $2 trillion in additional military spending -- how we pay for that, reduce the deficit and making the investments we need without dumping the cost on the middle- class americans. that is one of the central questions of this campaign. >> you have spoken about a lot of different things. governor romney, do you have a question you would like to ask directly about something he just said? >> i do not have a tax-cut scale you're talking about. we have to provide tax relief to people in the middle class. i will not reduce the share of taxes paid by high income people. they are doing fine in the economy. the people who are having a hard time are middle-income americans. under the president's policies, they have been bu
we have to close our deficit. we will discuss how we deal with our tax code and how we make sure we are reducing spending in a response away and have enough revenue to make those investments. governor romney's central economic plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut on top of the extension of the bush tax cut. $2 trillion in additional military spending -- how we pay for that, reduce the deficit and making the investments we need without dumping the cost on the middle- class americans. that is one...
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can you tell us otherwise you will end up with $40 trillion deficit, which tax loopholes will you close? >> kimberly: playing the role of mitt romney, eric bolling. >> eric: when you lower taxes and let people keep more of their money you bring growth back. >> bob: we have seen that work. >> kimberly: he won the debate. that easy. andrea what is your question? >> andrea: bill clinton spoke at the convention and he seemed to help barack obama. i am going to bring up bill clinton. president obama, when bill clinton left office he balanced the budget, cut social programs the unemployment number was low. urn your watch, the opposite happened. we have seen the budget been busted. so how are you like bill clinton? that is a tough question for him to answer. if it's me, i ask him, listen, i release my taxes. you have yet to release academic records, the white house records, see what he says. that would be tougher to answer. >> bob: for eight years we were all in a coma. curious. >> kimberly: bob is out of order. we're bring you back in "e" block. >> bob: clinton to obama. >> kimberly: guess wh
can you tell us otherwise you will end up with $40 trillion deficit, which tax loopholes will you close? >> kimberly: playing the role of mitt romney, eric bolling. >> eric: when you lower taxes and let people keep more of their money you bring growth back. >> bob: we have seen that work. >> kimberly: he won the debate. that easy. andrea what is your question? >> andrea: bill clinton spoke at the convention and he seemed to help barack obama. i am going to bring up...
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he said he would cut the deficit in half. we still have trillion dollar deficits. if you are reelected, we will get to a trillion dollar debt. you have said he will cut the deficit in half. you find $4 trillion in cuts. we still show trillion dollar deficit a year. that does not get the job done. why is it that i do not want to raise taxes? i do not want to raise taxes on people. in 2010, he said he would extend the tax policies we have now and not raise taxes because when the economy is going so like this, you should not raise taxes on anyone. the economy is still going slow. it is growing more slowly now than when he made that statement. if he believed the same thing -- the reality is it is not as wealthy people. it is not just donald trump you are taxing. it is the people that employ 1 quart of the workers that are taxed as individuals. you raise taxes and kill jobs. that is why the national federation of independent businesses said your plan will kill 7000 jobs. >> but stay on the tax system for a moment. the deficit there has to be revenue in addition to cuts.
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no tax cut that adds to the deficit. i do want to reduce the burden being paid by middle income americans. that also means i cannot reduce the burden paid by high-income americans. any language to the contrary is simply not accurate. -p>> let's talk about taxes, because i think it is instructive. four years ago when i stood on the stage, i said that i would cut taxes for middle-class families. that is exactly what i did. we cut taxes for middle-class families by about $3,600. the reason is because i believe that we do best when the middle- class is doing well. by giving them those tax cuts, they have more money in their pocket. maybe it does not buy new car. they are in a better position to weather the extraordinary recession we went through. they may be able to buy new computer for their kid who is going off to college. governor romney's proposal that he has been promoting for 18 months calls for of five trillion dollars tax cut on top of $2 trillion of additional spending for our military. he is saying he is going to p
no tax cut that adds to the deficit. i do want to reduce the burden being paid by middle income americans. that also means i cannot reduce the burden paid by high-income americans. any language to the contrary is simply not accurate. -p>> let's talk about taxes, because i think it is instructive. four years ago when i stood on the stage, i said that i would cut taxes for middle-class families. that is exactly what i did. we cut taxes for middle-class families by about $3,600. the reason...
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that's the big driver of our deficits right now. my grandmother, some of you know, helped to raise me, and my grandparent did. my grandfather died a while back. my grandmother died three days before i was elected president. she was fiercely independent. only with a high school education, started as a secretary and ended up being vice president of a local bank. she ended up living alone by choice, and the reason she could be independent was because of social security and medicare. she had worked all her life, put in this money, and understood that there was a basic guarantee under which she could not go. that's the perspective i bring when i talk about what's called entitlements. the name implies some sort of dependency on the part of folk. these are folks that have worked hard, like my grandmother and millions are counting on this. my approach is to say how do we strengthen the system over the long term? in medicare, what we did, we said we are going to have to bring down the costs if we are going to deal with long-term deficits. to
that's the big driver of our deficits right now. my grandmother, some of you know, helped to raise me, and my grandparent did. my grandfather died a while back. my grandmother died three days before i was elected president. she was fiercely independent. only with a high school education, started as a secretary and ended up being vice president of a local bank. she ended up living alone by choice, and the reason she could be independent was because of social security and medicare. she had worked...
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by roughing up romney on the idea he will hurt the middle class. >> he says he will cut the deficit, please. he wants $2 trillion in new defense spending that the pentagon didn't ask for. $5 trillion tax cut, future of the wealthy. >> reporter: the claim is complicated by the way biden framed the argument. >> how they can justify raising taxes in the middle class has been buried the last four years. how in lord's name can they justify raising their taxes? >> obama officials today insisted that was not a gaffe, biden clarified. >> the middle class was buried by the policies of romney and ryan supported. >> republicans like rubio are off to the races. >> those happen to be the words that the distinguished vice president of the united states mr. joe biden. no, don't boo. he is the best thing we've got going, guys. >> reporter: now denver has always been big for this president. in 2008 is where he launched the hope and change in front of the great columns of the democratic convention. 2009. this is where he signed the stimulus in law. tonight, he puts it all on the line trying to make hi
by roughing up romney on the idea he will hurt the middle class. >> he says he will cut the deficit, please. he wants $2 trillion in new defense spending that the pentagon didn't ask for. $5 trillion tax cut, future of the wealthy. >> reporter: the claim is complicated by the way biden framed the argument. >> how they can justify raising taxes in the middle class has been buried the last four years. how in lord's name can they justify raising their taxes? >> obama...
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how are they going to solve the deficit problem and also increase job creation?" and i'd like to hear that explained clearly, because they have two very different philosophies. third, i think that if the debates do their job, we're going to be able to answer the question, "what are the sacrifices either one is going to ask us to make?" >> such as reforming social security, medicare, higher taxes, lower taxes? >> yes. and on the table are all sorts of things that many people value a great deal and we may not be able to afford anymore. so should we have deductibility for second home mortgages? should we have deductibility for high-cost homes? should we have health insurance coverage provided by employers continue to be deductible? if so, for whom, should it be for all? and should we raise the age of entitlement, if so, to what level?" when someone says that about social programs, i want to also hear the answer to the question, "what are you doing with military spending? and how do you justify the tradeoff? we've gotta get the revenue someplace. where are you willing
how are they going to solve the deficit problem and also increase job creation?" and i'd like to hear that explained clearly, because they have two very different philosophies. third, i think that if the debates do their job, we're going to be able to answer the question, "what are the sacrifices either one is going to ask us to make?" >> such as reforming social security, medicare, higher taxes, lower taxes? >> yes. and on the table are all sorts of things that many...
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. >> the cut the deficit in half. four years later and we have a trillion dollar deficit. my view is we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class. the people who are having a hard time right now are middle income americans. under the president's policies middle income americans have been buried. there just being crushed. middle income americans have seen their income come down by $4,300. at the same time gasoline prices have doubled. electric rates are up, food prices are up. if you're reelected we will get to a trillion dollar debt. you have said before you cut the debt in half. lou: and to post debate polls gave the debate to governor romney. by a huge margin. in fact, the biggest one in history according to one of those polls. the cbs poll showed that 42 percent called romney the victor with only 22 percent standing with the president. the same poll tells us that 63 percent now believe governor romney cares about their needs and problems. that is a 30% improvement since before the debate. the cnn polls showed an even more dramatic results. governor romne
. >> the cut the deficit in half. four years later and we have a trillion dollar deficit. my view is we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class. the people who are having a hard time right now are middle income americans. under the president's policies middle income americans have been buried. there just being crushed. middle income americans have seen their income come down by $4,300. at the same time gasoline prices have doubled. electric rates are up, food prices are...
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no tax cut that adds to the deficit. but i do want to reduce the burden being paid by middle income americans, and to do that, that also means i cannot reduce the burden paid by high-income americans. any language to the contrary is simply not accurate. >> mr. president. >> obama: let's talk about taxes, because i think it's instructive. now four years ago when i stood on this stage, i said that i would cut taxes for middle class families, and that's exactly what i did. we cut taxes for middle class families by about $3,600 and the reason is because i believe that we do best when the middle class is doing well and by giving them those tax cuts they had a little more money in their pocket, so maybe they can buy a new car, they are certainly in a better position to weather the extraordinary recession we were in to. they are spending more money. businesses have more customers, make more profits, and hire more workers. now governor romney's proposal calls for a $5 trillion tax cut on top of $2 trillion of additional spending
no tax cut that adds to the deficit. but i do want to reduce the burden being paid by middle income americans, and to do that, that also means i cannot reduce the burden paid by high-income americans. any language to the contrary is simply not accurate. >> mr. president. >> obama: let's talk about taxes, because i think it's instructive. now four years ago when i stood on this stage, i said that i would cut taxes for middle class families, and that's exactly what i did. we cut taxes...
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romney narrowed deficit about who cares for the middle class. there are kind of four important metrics i've been paying a lot of attention to within our poll and other polls that are kind of lower in the cross tabs but matter a great deal which is, who is a strong leader? who can get things done? and those have been neck-and-neck. romney has had the lead on who can actually get things done and, i think he will, he will build on that. but the fact that more people thought romney would be the best of the two candidates to actually accomplish something shows there was upside potential and upside growth. you remember back in 2008, i've been saying this for months, at the height of his popularity barack obama only got 52.9% of the popular vote. so, even though he still is leading in the swing states and those will tighten up, romney does have a floor that he can build off of from 2008. >> holman, a great american. we appreciate it. enjoy the rest of your night in denver. this is what i call an honor. craig gordon, runs our coverage. don't even know w
romney narrowed deficit about who cares for the middle class. there are kind of four important metrics i've been paying a lot of attention to within our poll and other polls that are kind of lower in the cross tabs but matter a great deal which is, who is a strong leader? who can get things done? and those have been neck-and-neck. romney has had the lead on who can actually get things done and, i think he will, he will build on that. but the fact that more people thought romney would be the...
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said you'd cut the deficit in half, it's now four years later, we have $1 trillion deficits, the cbo says we'll have a $1 trillion deficit each of the next four years. if you're re-elected, we'll get to a $1 trillion debt. and i love this idea of $4 trillion in cuts. you found $4 trillion of ways to get closer to a balanced budget, yet we still show $1 trillion deficits every year. that doesn't get the job done. let me come back and say, why is it that i don't want to raise taxes. well, i don't want to raise taxes on people. and you said it back in 2010. you said, i'm going to extend the tax policies that we have. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone, because when the economy is growing slow like this, when we're in recession, you shouldn't raise taxes on anyone. well, the economy is still growing slow. as a matter of fact, it's growing much more slowly now than when you made that statement. so if you believe the same thing, you just don't want to raise taxes on people, and the reality is, it's not just wealthy people. you mentioned donald trump. it's not just donald trump you're t
said you'd cut the deficit in half, it's now four years later, we have $1 trillion deficits, the cbo says we'll have a $1 trillion deficit each of the next four years. if you're re-elected, we'll get to a $1 trillion debt. and i love this idea of $4 trillion in cuts. you found $4 trillion of ways to get closer to a balanced budget, yet we still show $1 trillion deficits every year. that doesn't get the job done. let me come back and say, why is it that i don't want to raise taxes. well, i don't...
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you said you would cut the deficit in half. and we'll have a trillion dollar deficit each of the next four years. if you are re-elected we'll get to a trillion dollar deficit. you said before you would cut it in half. i love this idea of $4 trillion in cuts. you've found $4 trillion to get closer to a balanced budget, yet we still have trillion dollar deficits every year. let me come back -- why don't i want to raise taxes? why don't i want to raise taxes on people? and actually you said it. back in 2010, you said, look, i'm going to extend the tax policies we have. i won't raise taxes on anyone. when we're in a recession, you shouldn't raise taxed on anyone. the economy is still growing slow. as a matter of fact, it's growing much more slowly now than when you made the statement. if you believe the same thing, you don't want to raise taxes on people. and the reality is, it's not just wealthy people, not just donald trump are you taxing. it's all the businesses that employ one quarter of the workers in america, that are taxes a
you said you would cut the deficit in half. and we'll have a trillion dollar deficit each of the next four years. if you are re-elected we'll get to a trillion dollar deficit. you said before you would cut it in half. i love this idea of $4 trillion in cuts. you've found $4 trillion to get closer to a balanced budget, yet we still have trillion dollar deficits every year. let me come back -- why don't i want to raise taxes? why don't i want to raise taxes on people? and actually you said it....